Central government schemes in India

Scheme	Ministry	Date of Launch	Outlay/Status statistics	Sector	Provisions
Atal Pension Yojana	APY	May 9, 2015		Pension	A pension program that allows people to make voluntary contributions within a certain range in order to receive matching government contributions.
Bachat Lamp Scheme	MoP	2009 25 February		Electrification	reduce the cost of compact fluorescent lamps
Central Government Health Scheme	MoHFW	1954		Health	comprehensive medical care facilities to Central Government employees and their family members
Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme	MoSJE	2003 1 April		Social Justice	Create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice and empowerment of persons with disabilities.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana[2]	MoRD	Sep 25, 2014		Rural Development	It is a Government of India Project to engage rural youth specially BPL and SC/ST segment of population, in gainful employment through skill training programmes.
Digital IndiaProgramme[3]	MoE&IT	July 1, 2015	1 Lakh Crore	Digitally Empowered Nation	Aims to ensure that government services are available to citizens electronically and people get benefited from the latest information and communication technology
Gramin Bhandaran Yojana	MoA	March 31, 2007		Agriculture	Creation of scientific storage capacity with allied facilities in rural areas to meet the requirements of farmers for storing farm produce, processed farm produce and agricultural inputs. Improve their marketability through promotion of grading, standardization and quality control of agricultural produce.
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana	MoRD	1985 Restructured 25 june 2015		Housing, Rural	Provides financial assistance to rural poor for constructing their houses themselves.[4]
Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana	MoWCD	2010		Mother Care	A cash incentive of Rs. 4000 to women (19 years and above) for the first two live births[5]
Integrated Child Development Services	MoWCD	October 2, 1975		Child Development	The scheme aims to tackle malnutrition and health problems in children below 6 years of age and their mothers by providing cash incentives conditional upon registration at Anganwadicentres and vaccination of newborn children.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana	MoRD	1978		Rural Development	self-employment program to raise the income-generation capacity of target groups among the poor and The scheme has been merged with another scheme named Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) since 01.04 1999.
Janani Suraksha Yojana	MoHFW	2005		Mother Care	One-time cash incentive to pregnant women for institutional/home births through skilled assistance
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM)	MoUD	December 3, 2005		Urban Development[6]	a programme meant to improve the quality of life and infrastructure in the cities. To be replaced by Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya	MoHRD	July 2004		Education	Educational facilities (residential schools) for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, minority communities and families below the poverty line(BPL) in Educationally Backward Blocks
INSPIRE Programme	Department of Science and Technology (India)				Scholarships for top Science students, Fellowships for pursuing PhD, Research Grants to researchers
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana	MoST	1999			Scholarship program to encourage students to take up research careers in the areas of basic sciences, engineering and medicine
Livestock Insurance Scheme	MoA			agriculture	Insurance to cattle and attaining qualitative improvement in livestock and their products.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act	MoRD	February 6, 2006[7][8]	Rs. 40,000 crore in 2010–11	Rural Wage Employment	Legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of Rs. 120 per day in 2009 prices.
Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme	MoSPI	December 23, 1993			Each MP has the choice to suggest to the District Collector for, works to the tune of Rs.5 Crores per annum to be taken up in his/her constituency. The Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament can recommend works in one or more districts in the State from where he/she has been elected.
Midday Meal Scheme	MoHRD	August 15, 1995		Health, Education	Lunch (free of cost) to school-children on all working days
Namami Gange Programme	MoWR	March 1995	20000 Crore for 5 years	Clean & Protect Ganga	Integrates the efforts to clean and protect the River Ganga in a comprehensive manner
National Literacy Mission Programme	MoHRD	May 5, 1988		Education	Make 80 million adults in the age group of 15 – 35 literate
National Pension Scheme		January 1, 2004		Pension	Contribution based pension system
National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen	MoA			Agriculture	Financial assistance to fishers for construction of house, community hall for recreation and common working place and installation of tube-wells for drinking water
National Service Scheme	MoYAS		1969		Personality development through social (or community) service
National Social Assistance Scheme	MoRD	August 15, 1995		Pension	Public assistance to its citizens in case of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement and in other cases of undeserved want
Pooled Finance Development Fund Scheme[10]	MoUD	September 29, 2006	Allocation of Rs.400 Crore	Urban Infrastructure Development	Pooled Finance Development Fund (PFDF), which would enable the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) including small and medium sized municipalities to raise funds from the market on a sustainable basis to meet their investment needs. PFDF will provide credit enhancement to ULBs to access market borrowings based on their credit worthiness through State level Pooled Finance Mechanism viz. a State Pooled Finance Entity (SPEF).
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana	MoRD	July 23, 2010		Model Village	Integrated development of Schedule Caste majority villages in four states
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna[11]	MoSD&E	April 2015[13]		SKILL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE SCHEMES	To provide encouragement to youth for development of employable skills by providing monetary rewards by recognition of prior learning or by undergoing training at affiliated centers.
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana [1]	MoF	May 9, 2015		Insurance	Accidental Insurance with a premium of Rs. 12 per year.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana	MoF	May 9, 2015		Insurance	Life insurance of Rs. 2 lakh with a premium of Rs. 330 per year.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana	MoF	August 28, 2014		Financial Inclusion	National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana	MoRD	December 25, 2000		Rural Development	Good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages
Rajiv Awas Yojana	MhUPA	2013		Urban Housing	It envisages a "Slum Free India" with inclusive and equitable cities in which every citizen has access to basic civic infrastructure and social amenities and decent shelter
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana	MoP	April 2005	To be replaced by Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana	Rural Electrification	Programme for creation of Rural Electricity Infrastructure & Household Electrification for providing access to electricity to rural households
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana	MoA	August 1, 2007		Agriculture	Achieve 4% annual growth in agriculture through development of Agriculture and its allied sectors during the XI Plan period
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana	MoHFW	April 1, 2008		Insurance	Health insurance to poor (BPL), Domestic workers, MGNERGA workers, Rikshawpullers, Building and other construction workers, and many other categories as may be identified by the respective states
RNTCP	MoHFW	1997		Health	Tuberculosis control initiative
Saksham or Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys	MoWCD	2014		Skill Development	Aims at all-round development of Adolescent Boys and make them self-reliant, gender-sensitive and aware citizens, when they grow up. It cover all adolescent boys (both school going and out of school) in the age-group of 11 to 18 years subdivided into two categories, viz. 11-14 & 14–18 years. In 2014–15, an allocation of Rs. 25 Crore is made for the scheme.
Sabla or Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls	MoWCD	2011		Skill Development	Empowering adolescent girls (Age) of 11–18 years with focus on out-of-school girls by improvement in their nutritional and health status and upgrading various skills like home skills, life skills and vocational skills. Merged Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) and Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY).
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana	MoRD	September 25, 2001		Rural Self Employment	Providing additional wage employment and food security, alongside creation of durable community assets in rural areas.
Swabhiman	MoF	February 15, 2011		Financial Inclusion	To make banking facility available to all citizens and to get 5 Crore accounts opened by Mar 2012. Replaced by Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana	MoRD	April 1, 1999		Rural Employment	Bring the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organizing them into Self Help Groups (SHGs) through the process of social mobilization, their training and capacity building and provision of income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.
Swavalamban	MoF	September 26, 2010	To be replaced by Atal Pension Yojana	Pension	pension scheme to the workers in unorganized sector. Any citizen who is not part of any statutory pension scheme of the Government and contributes between Rs. 1000 and Rs. 12000/- per annum, could join the scheme. The Central Government shall contribute Rs. 1000 per annum to such subscribers.
Udisha	MoWCD			Child Care	Training Program for ICDS workers
Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme		June 18, 1997	Closed on 31 December 1998		Opportunity to the income tax/ wealth tax defaulters to disclose their undisclosed income at the prevailing tax rates.
National Rural Livelihood Mission(NRLM)	MoRD	June 2011	$5.1 Billion		This scheme will organize rural poor into Self Help Group(SHG) groups and make them capable for self-employment. The idea is to develop better livelihood options for the poor.
National Urban Livelihood Mission(NULM)	MoHUPA	24 Sep, 2013			This scheme will reduce poverty of urban poor households specially street vendors who constitute an important segment of urban poor by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities.
HRIDAY – Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana	MoUD	Jan 2015		Urban Development	The scheme seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country.
Sukanya Samridhi Yojana (Girl Child Prosperity Scheme)	MoWCD	22 Jan 2015			The scheme primarily ensures equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child.
Smart Cities Mission	MoUD	June 25, 2015		Urban Development	To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
AMRUT	MoUD	June 25, 2015		Urban Development	To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY)	MoHUPA	June 25, 2015		Housing	To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
National Child Labour Projects(NCLP)	Ministry of Labour and Employment	launched in 9 districts in 1987 and has been expanded in January 2005 to 250 districts in 21 different states of the country			The objective of this project is to eliminate child labour in hazardous industries by 2010. Under this scheme, the target group is all children below 14 years of age who are working in occupations and processes listed in the Schedule to the Child Labor (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 or occupations and processes that are harmful to the health of the child.
National Career Service (India)(NCS)	Ministry of Labor and Employment	20 July 2015		Employment	The objective of this project is to help job-seekers land up at the job they deserve. Under this scheme, an online job-portal named as National Career Service portal has been launched which acts as a common platform for Job-seekers, employers, skill providers, govt. departments, placement organizations and counselors. The portal possesses more than 3.11 Crore registered job-seekers and more than 9 lakh employers from across the country.
Antyodaya Anna Yojna	NDA government	25 December 2000			Under the scheme 1 Crore of the poorest among the (Below Poverty Line)BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system are identified. Issue of Ration Cards Following the recognition of Antyodaya families, unique quota cards to be recognized an "Antyodaya Ration Card" must be given to the Antyodaya families by the chosen power. The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families each in June 2003 and in August 2004,thus covering 2 Crore families under the AAY scheme
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana	MoSD&E	July 15, 2015		Skill Development	Seeks to provide the institutional capacity to train a minimum 40 Crore skilled people by 2022
National Food Security Mission	Government of India	2007 for 5 years			It launched in 2007 for 5 years to increase production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses on a sustainable basis so as to ensure food security of the country. The aim is to bridge the yield gap in respect of these crops through dissemination of improved technologies and farm management practices.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana	MoP&NG	1 May 2016	Rs. 8000 Crore		Launched to provide free LPG connections to women from below poverty line families.
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra (PMBJK)	Government of India	1 July 2015		Generic Medicine	Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana’ is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Govt. Of India, to provide quality medicines at affordable prices to the masses through special Kendra’s known as Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra. Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra (PMBJK) have been set up to provide generic drugs, which are available at lesser prices but are equivalent in quality and efficacy as expensive branded drugs.
Standup India	DFS, MoF Government of India	April 5, 2016		Loans to SC/ST/Women entrepreneurs for Greenfield enterprises	The objective of the Stand-Up India scheme is to facilitate bank loans between  INR 10 lakh (INR 1,00,000) and  INR 1 Crore (INR 20,000,000) to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a Greenfield enterprise. This enterprise may be in manufacturing, services or the trading sector. In case of non-individual enterprises at least 51% of the shareholding and controlling stake should be held by either an SC/ST or Woman entrepreneur. Loans can be applied online through the Standup Mitra or Udyami Mitra portals.